USB communication in Heimdall is handled by the popular open-source USB library, libusb-1.0. Heimdall uses the same protocol as Odin to interact with a device in download mode. I prefer to use frontend because that includes a GUI (user interface) to work with. One is the frontend which uses a user interface, and the other is command line based. Using Heimdall(I will be flashing stock JF6 as an example) If you downloaded the Suites package there is two heimdall’s. After getting cmake to work via #480 and running make. So, the macOS users can easily follow this guide to install the stock firmware or root on their Samsung devices by using the Heimdall flash tool. The main reason for using the Heimdall flash tool on Mac or Linux is that the Odin flash tool supports Windows OS only.
Now, here we will gonna guide you How to Flash using Heimdall Tool on Mac. Fix build on macOS High Sierra parent a2cfdaa5.
Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S devices.
